Zimbabwean brothers serve with RAF in Afghanistan: Two brothers, both originally from Zimbabwe and serving in th...

Squadron Leader Sol Masawi and older brother Flight Lieutenant Sydney Masawi are both treating injured personnel at Camp Bastion for the next three months. Flt Lt Masawi works on the Medical Emergency Response Team that treats casualties as they are flown by helicopter to the hospital in Camp Bastion. His brother works in the hospital and provides aftercare treatment. Flt Lt Masawi said: "I see this as the peak of my career. Nowhere else in the world can you get to work with the best personnel under such challenging circumstances. The first class medical facilities out here really improve the soldiers' morale; the troops know they get the best care available." When Flt Lt Masawi commissioned into the RAF in 2003, he won the best non-English-born graduate award during his officer training at RAF Cranwell. On return to the UK he is planning to organise his unit's entry in th...